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- Bonus Episode: "The Mindset Shift" with Solonia Teodros - The Global Chatter
This is an episode swap with the Global Chatter podcast, hosted by the lovely Amanda Bates of The Black Expat. Be sure to check out Amanda's episode of Flourish in the Foreign: https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/posts/amanda
Change strategist and transformation coach, Solonia Teodros, discusses what it meant to be Ethiopian-Taiwanese-American in the 1990s and how she dealt with being the different kid, especially in Asia. She also discusses why job-hopping isn't always necessarily bad and how those experiences can be used to leverage the next one. She also shares her candid thoughts on the reality of trying to actually raise a mixed heritage global citizen and the challenge of trying to balance cultural representation.
Enjoy this episode and subscribe to the Global Chatter podcast!
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 5 min - Bonus Episode: Esther Milanzi: Magical Realism in Bali | Blaxit Global
This is an episode swap with the Blaxit Global podcast, hosted by the lovely Chrishan Wright.
This episode features Esther Milanzi, who is an author and writing coach, currently based in Bali, Indonesia. Esther grew up in North Carolina and took her first international trip when she traveled to South Africa to meet some of her family for the first time. Since then, she's traveled to Thailand with her sister, where she ultimately met her future husband.
Enjoy this episode and subscribe to the Blaxit Global podcast!
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy59 min - Soft Life + Building A Business Abroad
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Christine shares how "soft life" can (and should) be a business philosophy you should adhere to as you build your business abroad. Original IG Live
This Episode Covers:
- Soft Life as a Business Philosophy
- How Soft Life Can Make You A Better & Happier Entrepreneur
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Build A Business Abroad
- Listen to the Build A Business Abroad Playlist
- S3 E 1: Black Women Building Businesses Abroad | Build A Business Abroad
- S3 E 2: How Jannese Torres-Rodriguez Created A Six-Figure Blog | Build A Business Abroad
- S3 E 3: The Wellness of Entrepreneurship for Black Women & WOC | Build A Business Abroad
- S3 E 4: How To Get Started | Build A Business Abroad
- S3 E 5: Creating, Launching & Monetizing a Podcast | Build A Business Abroad
- S3 E 6: Ask Me Anything: Your Questions Answered | Build A Business Abroad
- https://www.ChristineJob.com
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy55 min - Does Moving Abroad = Soft Life?
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Christine shares her thoughts on the "Soft Life" discussion, especially in the move abroad/ex-pat space. Hint: Just because you live abroad doesn't mean you live a soft life.
This Episode Covers:
- What is Soft Life?
- Can Living Abroad Create A Soft Life?
- How You Can Create A Soft Life By Moving Abroad
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Move Abroad with Intention
- Moving Abroad with Intention Guide (https://flourishforeign.gumroad.com/l/move-abroad-with-intention-guide )
- Move Abroad with Intention Playlist
- S1 E 25: How to Get A Job Abroad
- S1 E 32: Going Abroad with Intention
- S1 E 33: Dating Abroad Pt. 1
- S1 E 47: Go Abroad & Cultivate A Life Well Lived
- S1 E 59: Financial Wellness Abroad
- S2 E 10: Does Moving Abroad = A Soft Life
- S2 E 14: Healthcare Abroad Pt. 1
- S2 E 17: Black Pregnancy Abroad
- S2 E 19: Black Motherhood Abroad Pt. 1
- S4 E 12: Ask Me Anything- 100th Episode
- S4 E 21: Living in Spain
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy26 min - Married & Divorce Abroad with Lisa Quattlebaum in China
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Lisa shares her story of returning to the US after over a decade in Asia.
This Episode Covers:
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Backpacking Europe in the '90s
- Living and Working in Japan
- Living and Working in China
- Getting Married Abroad
- Getting Divorced Abroad
- Being Pregnant in China
- Repatriation
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To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 15 min -
- International Development & Raising Teenagers Abroad with Deborah David in Ecuador
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Deborah shares her story of working in international development, living in Haiti, Venezuela, and Ecuador, raising children abroad, and so much more.
This Episode Covers:
- Working in International Development
- Working in Haiti
- Living in Venezuela
- Living in Ecuador
- Raising Children Abroad
- Preparing Children for University Abroad
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 13 min - Embracing the Soft Life with Victoria Childress in Italy
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Victoria shares her journey of expatriation from the United States in 2014, to live in a small Italian countryside village with a desire to embrace a simpler life after having built and expanded a boutique communications company based in Texas.
This Episode Covers:
- Being A Digital Nomad
- Moving to Italy
- Pregnancy Abroad
- Motherhood Abroad
- Building A Business Abroad
- Dating Abroad
- How Choosing the Soft Life Changed Her & Her Daughter's Life
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 17 min - Thriving in International Education with Adrienne Waller in Grand Cayman
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Adrienne discusses how her career in education has professionally evolved in Qatar, China, and Kuwait.
This Episode Covers:
- Being an International Educator
- Working in Kuwait
- Working in Qatar
- Working in China
- Dating Abroad
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 8 min - Going Abroad with a Special Needs Child with Candice Smith in Turkey
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Candice discusses her experiences living in Rome and Istanbul as an entrepreneur and single mother to a child with special needs.
This Episode Covers:
- Moving Abroad with a Child with Special Needs
- Purchasing Property in Turkey
- Living in Rome
- Dating in Rome
- Living in Istanbul
- Dating in Istanbul
- Embracing Softness Abroad
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 8 min - Bringing Jamaican Cuisine to Mexico with Theresa Barrett
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Theresa discusses why she moved from Jamaica to Mexico, her experience with Mexican work culture, dating & marrying abroad, starting a business, and purchasing real estate.
This Episode Covers:
- Mexican Work Culture
- Dating Abroad
- Intercultural Marriage
- Starting a Business in Mexico
- Bringing Jamaican Cuisine to Mexico
- Buying a Farm
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy52 min
About Flourish In The Foreign | Black Women Living & Thriving Abroad
From the publisher's feed
Launched in 2020, Flourish in the Foreign is an award-winning oral history podcast at the intersection of…
migration, Blackness, womanhood, wellness, and liberation. Each episode documents the lives of Black women who have chosen to leave their home countries and build lives of intention, depth, and self-determination abroad.
Host Christine Job, J.D., is a cultural theorist and embedded oral historian living the story she documents. Over 150 episodes, she has built one of the most substantive qualitative archives on Black women's voluntary migration. These conversations span Colombia, Portugal, Ghana, Mexico, Australia, the Caribbean, and beyond, with women navigating the real terrain of expatriation: identity, belonging, financial independence, health, relationships, and what it actually means to thrive outside their native cultural context.
Flourish in the Foreign sits at a specific and necessary intersection: the scholarly and the intimate, the structural and the personal, the political and the deeply human. It asks not just whether Black women can flourish abroad, but what it means that so many are choosing to try. And what that departure reveals about their motivations, expectations, and realities.
This is not a travel podcast. It is a living archive of Black women's migration journeys, told in their own voices, hosted by a researcher who understands that oral storytelling is diasporic technology — a tool for cultural preservation, truth-telling, and narrative authority.
Featured in: Vogue Arabia · Business Insider · Boston Globe Magazine · Black Enterprise · Apple Podcasts Black History Collection (2023)
Awards: Best International Podcast, Black Podcast Awards 2021 · Shortlist Honoree, International Women's Podcast Awards 2021 · Top 1.5% globally
To work with Christine: christinejob.com/work-with-me
Flourish in the Foreign is a primary oral history collection. If citing this work in academic, journalistic, or institutional contexts: Job, Christine. Flourish in the Foreign: An Oral History Archive of Black Women's Voluntary Migration. Flourish in the Foreign, LLC, 2020–present. ORCID: 0009-0000-8883-2482.
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